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Record 026 · Software · 2004

04.26.S

Facebook

Meta Platforms

Social networking service owned by Meta Platforms

Real-name identity at global scale — and the feed that ate media.

The social network.

Campus-only exclusivity, then News Feed (2006), Like button, and the social graph advertising machine. Redefined privacy politics and attention.

Filed notes

  • Real-name network
  • News Feed
  • Platform / Graph API

Units. 3 billion+ monthly users across Meta family later

SIC

7375

Information Retrieval Services

NAICS

516210

Media Streaming Distribution Services, Social Networks, and Other Media Networks and Content Providers

Official

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